Iron rest



June lll, 1929.

A. K. FOLAND IRON REST Filed May 5, 1927 Patented June 11, 1929.

UNITED STATES AMY K. FOLAND, 0F MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA.

IRON REST.

Application led May 5, 1927. Serial No. 189,042.

The present invention relates to an iron rest attachment for ironingboards, and aims to provide a novel and improved device of thischaracter for efliciently supporting au iron when not in use and in amanner whereby the same may be conveniently moved from the rest to theironing board desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tlatiron holder which ishingedly connected to an edge of the ironing board for permitting saidholder when not in use to be swung .to a position on top of the board,said holder having a shoulder thereon adapted. to engage the edge of theboard when the rest is in an operative position for firmly supportingthe holder horizontally with the upper surface thereof on a plane withthel ironing surface of the board.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a device of the aboveindicated character, which is simple and substantial in construction,which can be.n\auufactured economically, and which will he thoroughlyefficient and practical in use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be apparent asthe description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction andarrangement of the flatiron holder, as hereinafter described andclaimed, it being understood that immaterial changes can be made withinthe scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figurel 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of a foldable stand ironingboard, showing my improved iron rest attached thereto,

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical section taken on line 3-3 of Figure2,

Figure 4 is a similar sectional View taken on line 4-4 of Figure 2,

Figure 5 is a bottom plan of my improved rest,

Figure 6 is a vertical cross section taken on line 6--6 of Figure 3, and

Figure 7 is a fragmentary plan view of what is known as a wall ordisappearing hoard, showing my improved rest applied thereto.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral designates an ordinary ironingboard having on the upper side thereof padding 11 covered by ironingcloth 12, the padding and ironing cloth being of sufficient thicknessfor permitting etiicient ironing of clothes on the board.

In carrying out my invention the latiron holder used in connection withthe ironing board comprises a plate 19 on which the iron is adapted torest, said plate being hingedly connected to an attaching plate 1.5 bywhich the device is secured to the top of the ironing board and providedwith a depending shoulder 22 acting as a stop to engage the edge of theboard when the plate is swung into position on a horizontal planetherewith, the attaching plate being secured to the ironing board byscrews 17. In order that the plate may be swung into closed positionupon the ironing board, and more particularly to have the upper surfaceof said plate on a plane with the padded surface of the board forconvenience in moving the flatiron to and from the holder the ironingboard is preferably recessed, as at 16, to receive the attaching plateand the hinge-ears 18 on the attaching plate 15 are at the upper sidethereof while the hinge-ears 20 of the plate 19 are atthe undersidethereof so that said attaching plate and plate that supports the latironare on different horizontal planes to permit the upper surface of thatpart of the padding of the ironing board which extends over theattaching plate to be on a plane with the upper surface of the holder.Theplates 15 and 19 are connected by a pintle 21 which extends throughthe hinge-ears 18 and 20, and it will be noted that the stop shoulder 22is formed integrally with the ears 20 by extending the plate 19, ormetal fromwhich said plate is made, outwardly at the inner side of saidears at right angles to said plate 19, (see Fig.

3). The stop shoulder engages the outer edge of the ironing board forsupporting the iron holder in horizontal position and is reinforcedagainst bending or springing movement with relation to the ironsupporting plate 19 by means of ribs 23 on the underside of plate 19 andattached to the stop shoulder by welding. By referring to Figure 6, itcan be seen that the ribs 23 are V-shaped in cross section, which notonly prevents springing movement of the shoulder or extension 22 butalso prevents bending or springing movement of the iron supporting plate19.

At one side of the iron supporting plate 19v and at the outer endthereof are provided continuous upstanding flanges 24 and 25respectively, while at the other side is a flange 26 extendingapproximately one-half the width of the iron supporting plate 19, theseflanges serving the purpose of preventing the flatiron from accidentallysliding o'tl' the plate or being slid beyond the rear end as `well asone side of the holder in placing it thereon. By having one of the sideflanges only at the outer end of the holder the flat iron may beconveniently placed upon the plate from one end thereof as well as slidfrom the ironing board directly onto the holder. Also for preventing toa great extent sliding movement of a flat iron on the plate 19, a seriesof upstanding ribs 27 are provided on the surface of said plate fortheiron to rest on, said ribs being struck from the plate when the same ismade of malleable metal.

It is to be noted that the upper surface of the flatiron holder orsupporting plate 19 is on Lpoints of the plate and ironingI surface sothat an iron may be easily and eiiiciently slid from the iron supportingplate to the ironing surface of the board, or rice versa.

In Figure 7 of the drawings wherein a l wall or disappearing ironingboard is illustrated, my improved iron holder is attached to one side ofthe board instead of at the end thereof, to permit the board to befolded within the recess in the wall by swinging the iron holder on itshinged connection, th

plate 19 then engaging 'the ironing board in an up-side-down position.

In use, my improved iron holder is arranged so asA to extend beyondptheend of the ironing board in one instance and to the side thereof in theother instance or when used on a wall or disappearing ironing board withthe shoulder 22 in engagement with an edge of the board to rigidlysupport the iron supporting plate 19 so that the same will efiicientlysupport a flat iron. An iron' supported upon the iron supporting plate19 may be easily slid therefrom onto the ironing cloth 11 of the boardand may be returned to the iron supporting surface 19 in an easy andeflicientnianner, due to the fact that the iron supporting'plate 19 ispractically on the same plane with ironing cloth 11. 'Vhen the ironingboard and iron holder are not in use the holder may be swung upon itshinge connection so that the same rests upon the upper surface of theironing board, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1 of the drawings. Y

From the foregoing, it can be seen that I have provided an iron holderwhich may be conveniently used in an eflicient and practical manner.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new is:

1. In combination with an ironing board of a fiat-iron holder forattachment thereto comprising a plate for supporting the iron, anattaching' plate hingedly connected to said supporting plate withdownwardly eX- tending ears through which a pintle passes on a planebelow the plane of the plates when in horizontal position, and adownwardly projecting stop shoulder formed by an extension from the earsof the :fiatiron supporting plate at right angles to said plate toengage the end of the ironing board.

2. ln combination with an ironing board of a flatiron holder forattachment thereto comprising a plate for supporting the iron, anattaching platehingedly connected to said supporting plate with the earsthrough which the pintle passes on a plane below the` plane of theplates when in horizontal position, a downwardly projecting ystopshoulder formed by an extension from the ears ofthe fiatiron supportingplate .at right angles to said plate to engage the end ofthe ironingboard, and ribs connecting the supporting plate and stop shoulder andformed integ 'ally therewith. l

AMY K. FO-LND.

